Man steals $7,000 bracelet from Kay at Auburn Mall

AUBURN 
Police are searching for a man they say made off with a $7,000 bracelet from Kay Jewelers inside the Auburn Mall this morning.

Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis said the man, about 20 years old, went into the store just after 11 a.m. and looked at several pieces of jewelry before asking the clerk if he could try on a gold bracelet.

The chief said once the man had the bracelet on, he ran, adding that a store employee chased the suspect out of the mall, across Route 12 and into the Toys R Us parking lot where the thief got into a blue Volvo.

That car may have had Rhode Island license plates and was last seen headed toward Oxford on Route 12.

The man is described as being about 6 feet tall, thinly built and wearing jeans. Police said he is white and was wearing a baseball cap backwards with a hooded sweatshirt pulled over the hat.